Altering IE's UserAgent string

[Mikka]

Hi!

I'm seeking a way to alter/customize the IE's navigator.userAgent string.

Comparable to Firefox extensions like User Agent Switcher, I'd like to change the underlined string:

It should read: Mozilla/4.0 (incapable; IE6SP2; Windows NT 5.1)

Which system resource do I have to hack (and how)? Or could this be done by simply editing the registry?

[PITU]

Hello!

Open regedit

Browse to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0"

Create a new "key" named "User Agent".

Open it and edit the entry named "(standard)" to your favorite Browsername.

Create three new Entrys (REG_SZ) named "Platform", "Compatible", "Version".

After you have done that you can put your Settings into the entries.

That's it.

Sorry for my bad English, wrote it very fast

[Mikka]

Browse to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0"

Create a new "key" named "User Agent".

Open it and edit the entry named "(standard)" to your favorite Browsername.

Create three new Entrys (REG_SZ) named "Platform", "Compatible", "Version".

After you have done that you can put your Settings into the entries.

That's it.

Thanks, it works like a charm.

In order to avoid the string "SV1" appended sometimes, it may be necessary to delete the (empty) entry "SV1" under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform.

Looking forward to fool some shіtty browser gates/detection scripts ...

[Mikka]

BTW, it would be even better to handle this per add-on, for simply switching it on and off.

Are there any Windows programming dudes out there? Maybe a BHO, registry patch ...

Any suggestions?

[Mikka]

BTW, it would be even better to handle this per add-on, for simply switching it on and off. […] Any suggestions?

No one? Just found out that update.microsoft.com doesn't recognize your IE when having modified the navigator.userAgent string.

Best would be a switching function similar to the Firefox extension User Agent Switcher.

Does anybody have a clue how to implement this?

[HyperHacker]

I think the best method might be to use a filtering proxy. Proxomitron supports faking the user agent, though you have to go through the menus to change it.